Clear-Com , a global leader in professional voice communications systems, has announced that MEMA - the Maryland Emergency Management Agency - has installed an Eclipse HX-Median digital matrix platform, Concert server software and two HME DX210 digital wireless intercom systems, as part of its renovation of the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) to provide effective communications between state and local agencies during emergency and disaster events.
MEMA was created by the Maryland legislature to ensure that the state is prepared to deal with large-scale emergencies by coordinating the state's response in any major emergency or disaster.
During an emergency, situational awareness is key. Within the SEOC, it is imperative that state, local and other organizations representatives are in communication at all times and for those conversations to be managed, regardless of where people are located or moving within the Center. Having a convenient way to call across the room for a short but vital conversation is paramount.
To meet these needs, Baltimore-based Convergent Technologies Design Group was tapped by project consulting engineers Gipe Associates (also of Baltimore) for the design of the communications solution. Working in close collaboration, with access to architectural, mechanical, engineering and plumbing plans, Convergent Technologies selected Clear-Com solutions to fulfil SEOCs specific needs.
In the final design, Convergent Technologies supplied a Clear-Com Eclipse HX-Median digital matrix platform, Concert server software and two HME DX210 digital wireless intercom systems with eight beltpacks. Each computer workstation within the SEOC has a virtual panel with clear and concise management so users can dial anyone they need to talk with, as well as create a number of different groups for separate subsets of users.
Having an IP-based system is really critical so that we didn't have to have multiple pieces of hardware throughout the room, and it allows us to have remote users on the system, said Austin Edell, Certified Technology Specialist - Design (CTS-D) at Convergent Technologies Design Group. The two channel DX system provides enough wireless expansion so that a user can walk around the Center while remaining in contact, and the overall system is highly cost-effective and can easily be expanded if the SEOC grows larger.
Within the SEOC, agencies are separated by function, with Maryland State Police having 8-10 workstations in one location, Public Works at another location and representatives from local Fire Departments at yet another. The Eclipse HX-Median digital matrix allows members of each group to work together, while providing an open channel so that everybody can hear each other and conference with an entire other group or a specific member of a different work group. With Concert software, users can easily call up the audio from a television tuner that feeds to the Centers video wall, instead of having to learn the operation of a complex stand-alone panel.
Working as closely as we did with Convergent Technologies made the process of selecting, installing and commissioning the Clear-Com communications system easy, said Eric Pueschel, Project Manager at GIPE Associates. The payoff is that MEMA is extremely happy with the current system and have the ability to expand in the future as needed.
This new system significantly improves upon what SEOC had before - just telephones and outside radios, said Edell. Previously, users were tethered to a phone line with limited usage, or they were walking around the Center trying to locate people. The nice thing about the Clear-Com Eclipse HX system is that users can get to anyone that they need to at any time.
About Clear-Com
Clear-Com, an HME company, is a trusted global provider of professional real-time communications solutions and services since 1968. We innovate market proven technologies that link people together through wired and wireless systems.
For over 40 years, Clear-Com has provided professional communications solutions for command & control, training & simulation, and net-centric communications. Clear-Com's partyline, digital matrix, wireless systems, fiber transport and intercom-over-IP conferencing solutions have led the industry with high quality audio performance that meets critical needs in a variety of federal and municipal government operations. Clear-Com continues to be the preferred choice for clear, reliable, and scalable communication solutions for local government operations such as City of Chicago EMS, Illinois State Police and the Houston Metro to federal government operations such as U.S. Disaster Relief Corp, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, NASA, and many more. For more information, please visit http://www.clearcom.com/mag
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Clear-Com , a global leader in professional voice communications systems, has announced that MEMA - the Maryland Emergency Management Agency - has installed an Eclipse HX-Median digital matrix platform, Concert server software and two HME DX210 digital wireless intercom systems, as part of its renovation of the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) to provide effective communications between state and local agencies during emergency and disaster events. 
